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Legendary coach Pardee dies after battle with cancer, and UH-D SGA candidate faces harassmentTRANSCRIPT
Stefani CroweStaff writer
The UH-Downtown police depart-ment launched a criminal investiga-tion last week into the circulation of fl iers that targeted the sexual orien-tation and HIV-positive status of a potential candidate for student body vice president.
Social work junior Kristopher Sharp, and his planned running mate, applied mathematics junior Isaac Val-dez, meet the stipulations for running and are working to complete all the required paperwork but have not yet been approved.
The front of the fl ier had the words “WANT AIDS?” above a picture of Sharp with a large X on it, and “Don’t support the Isaac and Kris homo-sexual agenda” at the bottom. On the back was medical information
from a physician visit, including his HIV status and prescribed medica-tion, along with his home address and telephone number.
Director of Media Relations Claire Caton said the university is seriously addressing the situation and trying to fi nd the person responsible.
“We’re taking this incident very seriously,” Caton said. “Of course, any time our students’ rights are violated, we take that very seriously.”
When Dean of Students Tommy Thomason called Sharp into his offi ce Tuesday morning, Sharp said he thought he wanted to talk to him about the election — the actual objec-tive was to gather information for campus police to begin an internal criminal investigation.
Sharp said the first thing he wondered about when he found out
was how quickly he could change schools.
“I knew my sexuality could pos-sibly be an issue — I didn’t really think it would be since it’s 2013,” Sharp said. “I was expecting some attacks, maybe some debates, but I never would have thought it would go to the level it went to.”
He was shocked to hear everything was protected under the First Amend-ment and could not be considered hate speech because proper words, like AIDS and homosexual, were used on the fl ier.
He said Thomason told him if slang had been used, it could have been considered slander. He said he was basically told there was nothing they could do about it.
Christopher Shelton, Andrew ValderasSports editor, staff writer
After a lengthy battle with cancer, legendary former UH football head coach Jack Pardee died Monday at 76.
Pardee was diagnosed with terminal gall bladder cancer in November.
Head coach Tony Levine said Pardee was a special person and coach for the University.
“I just found out about that com-ing off the fi eld a few minutes ago. It’s extremely sad news,” Levine said. “Again, when you talk about the Uni-versity of Houston, coach Pardee is a name that comes right to the fore-front of everybody’s mind. His family is very close and his extended family is very close to our program.”
UH announced the Pardee Fam-ily has established the Jack Pardee Memorial Scholarship Fund with the Athletics Department, which
will be awarded to a walk-on from the program each season.
“He truly loved the time spent at the University of Houston and
wanted to find a way to help a deserving, hardworking, dedicated
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Potential million-dollar ideas are born every day from the simplest situations but because of lack of necessary knowledge and support, they might never leave UH students’ imaginations.
It was with that in mind that clinical assistant professor Hesam Panahi at the C.T. Bauer College of Business created RED Labs, a new startup accelerator that seeks to transform entrepreneurial ideas into businesses.
Panahi said students work on projects in their classes and at the end of the semester, these ideas are abandoned and turned into a waste of effort. He realized UH didn’t pro-vide students who want to start a company with space and support.
“We have entrepreneurship major, but what about the other 40,000 stu-dents?” he said.
Accelerators are programs designed to support the develop-ment of entrepreneurial companies by providing different resources and services such as mentoring, training and events as well as networking for a three-month period, Panahi said.
“The mentors are one of the biggest things of the program,” he said. “They can instruct students in ways that textbooks can’t because they are real people with real-world experience.”
The program also helps students through sponsorship. The idea is for students to come in with a prototype for a product and develop from there through the resources provided.
RED Labs’ designated space at Melcher Hall is open 24/7 and is equipped with Wi-Fi, Ethernet, fl at screens, storage lockers and unlim-ited coffee and ramen noodles.
The inaugural class is developing six potential businesses using inno-vative technologies and applications, and it consists of 12 students and one alumnus who work in teams. The only condition is that at least one of the team members is an actively enrolled UH student.
One of these projects is an e-com-merce platform being developed by supply chain management juniors
BAUER
RED means let’s go
Former coach Jack Pardee led UH during the Run-And-Shoot era, during which, the Cougars set offensive records and quarterback Andre Ware won the Heisman trophy in 1990. | 1990 Houstonian
STARTUP continues on page 3
OBITUARY
Former coach, legend dies, 67
CANDIDATE continues on page 2
UH-DOWNTOWN
Student body VP candidate faces harassment for sexual orientation
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CRIME REPORTThe following is a partial report of campus crime between March 26 and Sunday. All information is selected from the fi les of the UH Department of Public Safety. Information or questions regarding the cases below should be directed to UHDPS at (713) 743-3333.
Online Impersonation: At 11:30 a.m. March 26, a student reported that a person she may know placed her cell phone number on a classi-fi ed ad website without her autho-rization. The case is active.
Criminal Mischief: At 9:18 p.m. March 26 in Lot 18A, a student reported her legally parked and unattended vehicle was “keyed.” The case is inactive.
Disorderly Conduct: At 3:29 a.m. Wednesday at Calhoun Lofts, a student complained of an alter-cation between him and a visitor. The resident was issued a Student Life referral. The case is cleared by referral.
Burglary of a Motor Vehicle:At 8:51 p.m. Wednesday at Cam-bridge Oaks Apartments, a student
reported that her unattended and secured vehicle was burglarized. The case is inactive.
Criminal Mischief: At 11:58 a.m. Thursday at the Welcome Center parking garage, a student reported that an unknown person or persons cracked his vehicle windshield. The case is inactive.
Burglary of a Motor Vehicle: At 9:58 p.m. Thursday at the Engi-neering 1 building, a staff member reported that an unknown person or persons stole three unattended and unsecured hazardous lab packs from a UH truck. The case is inactive.
Theft: At 10:30 a.m. Friday in the 4005 block of Elgin Street, a student reported that her cell phone was stolen by an unknown male suspect who fl ed the area. A search failed to
fi nd the suspect, but the student’s phone was recovered. The case is active.
Traffi c Offense: At 1:26 p.m. Fri-day in Lot 20C, a student reported that someone struck his secured and unattended vehicle and failed to leave the information required by law. The case is inactive.
Theft: At about 5 p.m. Saturday at the Health and Biomedical Sci-ences Building, a staff member reported that an unknown indi-vidual removed one of the coffee tables from the lobby. The case is inactive.
Theft: At 7:36 p.m. Sunday at the Campus Recreation and Well-ness Center, a student reported his cell phone was stolen while playing basketball. The case is inactive.
Hamza Amir and Timur Daudpota along with computer science alum-nus Jesus Hernandez. The trio is working on their neon-colored skate-boards called Kandy Kruisers.
“Our idea is to transform dark, sad-looking skateboards into something fun,” Amir said. “They are not just skateboards. They are a lifestyle.”
Their team consists of nine people who have been essential to their progress, which includes architects, industrial designers, photographers and graphic designers, among others.
“RED Labs provides us with
talented people to help,” Tipur said. “There are so many things behind starting a business, and they have the knowledge to instruct us.”
Panahi intended for RED Labs to be complementary to the 3 Day Startup, an entrepreneurship initia-tive hosted by the Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship in which students spend three days on campus working on tech companies that are pitched to a panel of judges on the third day.
“Our main goal is to give students firsthand experience at building a business,” Panahi said.
“We want to give them the resources to deal with real issues like legal and fi nancial and other ques-tions that must be addressed.”
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CAMPUS
Cougar Village fi re displaces studentsEvelyn HurtadoStaff writer
Sunday’s fire at Cougar Village left several students without a cozy place to eat their Easter candy.
At about 6:25 a.m., the seventh floor north side kitchen’s fire alarm sounded, and the sprinkler was activated. Although the fire was extinguished immediately, resi-dents of the north fifth, sixth and seventh floors were left without access to their rooms.
T h e c a u s e o f t h e f i re i s unknown.
South side seventh floor resi-dent Breanna Cleveland said she was not affected by the sprinklers but feels bad for those who were.
“I have a friend that stays in the north side of the seventh floor, and she had to rent a room at the UH Hilton Hotel yesterday,” Cleveland said.
“I also overheard a few students say in the elevator that they were renting a room and splitting the cost of the room.”
Front desk agent at the UH Hilton Hotel Dustin Lao said resi-dents who decided to rent rooms at the hotel were treated well and taken care of.
“Students who booked a room with us automatically received a 10 percent discount,” Lao said.
UH Director of Media Relations Shawn Lindsey assures Cougar Vil-lage residents the affected areas will not be left untreated.
“Houston Fire Department and UH Facilities staff were on site Sunday extracting water and are working to return the affected spaces back to their original con-dition,” Lindsey said in an email.
CANDIDATEcontinued from page 1
At about 6:25 a.m. Sunday, a minor fi re caught in the north kitchen of Cougar Village’s seventh fl oor. The sprinklers were activated, and the fi re was extin-guished immediately. | Justin Tijerina/The Daily Cougar
As a student senator, Kristopher shares a common offi ce space with members of the Student Government Association and believes someone got the information from his briefcase when he was away.
While some students have been giving him a hard time, he has not lost the support of is his running mate.
“(Isaac’s) been a trooper,” Sharp said. “If I was him, and I was straight, I’d probably drop me.”
Sharp sent an email to several news outlets and posted a response on Facebook, making it clear they would not respond to the negativity by engaging in illicit behavior.
“We will instead continue to prog-ress in our campaign to enhance the student experience at the University of Houston-Downtown for all students — no matter their race, nationality, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity and expression.”
The LGBT community rallied in support of him, and when he told friend and social worker Januari Leo that he wanted to quit, he said she told him if he did that, “the other people win.”
He said he thinks it’s important if the LGBT community is trying to change the way people view AIDS and HIV, to be open and show there are people with the virus who are doing normal things and living normal lives.
“It’s not as debilitating as it was in the ‘80s or ‘90s – I take one pill a day,” he said. “They decided to play
off the stigma of AIDS and orches-trate this: ‘You don’t want this guy to be your leader because he has AIDS.’”
Sharp is planning to talk to the police about the situation before the end of the week.
He anticipates them asking if he wants to pursue charges and said he will say no. He doesn’t want anyone to go to jail — just an apology and the rest of his medical information.
“I just want to know why they did it,” Sharp said.
“Truth be told, we can keep that between us, as long as the person comes forward and speaks to me. I’ve been able to refl ect, and I really just want an apology.”
Sharp, was targeted in campus fl iers for being HIV-positive. | Courtesy of Kristopher Sharp
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JacobPatterson
Senior year brings all sorts of new stress, and trying to make your GPA look as
nice as possible, worrying about graduation and getting that first post-college full-time job are among the chief concerns. Some
might even think that it’s too late to give themselves an edge that last semester.
Turning things around and preparing
oneself for what lies ahead all depends on the person. There are some small things that someone can do to prepare for the real world.
One easy, perhaps crucial, thing to do is join a student organization.
Accounting junior Priyanka Upponi joined Entrepreneur Action Us UH and said it con-vinced her to open up.
“It helps push you to go out and meet new people and mar-ket yourself,” Upponi said.
“It’s a great way to start networking.”
ENACTUS UH is known for its charity work, something that looks excellent on a resume and could help in meeting new students.
“We do a lot of charity events,” Upponi said.
“There was a program to get band instruments for a middle school, and last year there was a program to raise money for a playground.”
Involvement can also improve communication skills. The stu-dent organization that promotes the C.T. Bauer College of Busi-ness, Bauer Ambassadors, helped management senior Saralinda Martinez become a better com-municator and recruiter.
“Bauer Ambassadors helped me develop my communication skills by putting me in positions where I had to talk to crowds
such as Cougar Preview, and one-on-one (interviews) when I am recruiting,” Martinez said.
Bauer Ambassadors takes their name seriously as they do a lot to promote the college.
“We do Bauer events, like recruiting incoming students and talking to them about opportuni-ties that Bauer can provide, especially in Houston,” Martinez said.
“We give tours around the business area and host the Bauer portion of Cougar Preview.”
One might think that getting more involved will take time away from studies and grades will suffer, but joining a student organization has been shown to boost GPAs. According to a study by Truman State University, an average of .2 semester points
are gained by students who get involved in an organization.
In some clubs, such as the Management Information Systems Student Organization, there are preparation clinics for the upcoming programming tests in which an experienced student walks a group of students through a few practice problems using the language taught in the class.
If you join an organization that pertains to certain college or major, you are surrounded by students that have taken some of the same classes; being able to talk shop and surround oneself with potential study partners could be beneficial.
Joining a student organization could also do wonders for one’s future career.
According to the facts and statistics section of the MISSO website, average starting salary from 2010 to 2011 for people involved with the organization was almost $5,000 more than the salaries of non-affiliates. The organization also hosts exclusive student meetings with top companies and host private job fairs where MISSO students talk to and submit resumes to employers looking for interns or full-time employees. Member-ship, particularly as an officer, in a student organization is also is a plus on a resume.
Joining a student organization pays dividends after college.
Networking is a major aspect of joining any organization. The likelihood of meeting someone who could really help you in
your professional career is high, particularly since the advent of social media makes keeping in touch easy. LinkedIn has a group page of almost 90 alumni who were involved in MISSO and are looking to get back in touch or professionally network, as does the Institute of Supply Management-Bauer. There are also events for alumni such as the Alumni Barbecue and Craw-fish Boil for ISM-Bauer, where one can network with other alumni and share experiences with students.
When looking for a job, it also is never a bad thing to have friends who graduated before you and are already there.
Martinez, who desires a position in Human Resources, considers her recruiting and leadership experience in Bauer Ambassadors valuable, particu-larly in a job market where being able to recruit makes you highly touted.
“My recruiting experience and being a student leader makes me stand out,” Martinez said.
Hosting different events, something ENACTUS UH is known for, also shows leadership and the ability to communicate to a future employer.
“When you host these differ-ent events, you can put it on your resume and it looks good. It gives you an edge over people who haven’t volunteered in school,” Upponi said.
If you’re feeling anxious about the rapidly approaching reality of life after college and feeling unprepared, at least talking to an officer of a student organization and seeing what it has to offer is a smart move. Something as simple as that could be a big part of that last push to get one from college to that first job.
Jacob Patterson is a management information systems senior and may be reached at [email protected].
From left: Supply chain management junior Travis Hookman, accounting and fi nance junior Shomika Henderson and man-agement information systems seniors Vicki Le, Saralinda Martinez and Solomon Gee said they joined the Bauer Ambas-sadors to help recruit future Cougars and develop important connections. | Jacob Patterson/The Daily Cougar
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Harrison LeeStaff writer
Despite repeated interruptions by springtime southern showers, UH was able to win two out of three games against conference rival Memphis this weekend. The Cougars moved to 23-6 on the season and 5-1 in Conference-USA play.
The contest saw UH shine with two outstanding pitching performances.
Senior righthander Austin Pruitt earned his sixth win of the season as he shut out Memphis 2-0 in a game shortened to seven innings for the double-header. Righty reliever Chase Wellbrock earned his fourth save of the year in 1.0 innings of relief for Pruitt.
Junior right-hander Daniel Poncedeleon threw his first career complete game on Friday. Through nine innings he walked none and struck out eight. Poncedeleon
picked up his fourth win of the season, which moved him to 2-0 in C-USA play and 4-0 for Friday starts.
“That was as good as Ponce has been. He was really good last week and even better this week,” said head coach Todd Whitting.
“The main thing with him is just confidence and knowing his stuff can stand up in the zone, and that is what he did tonight. He isn’t trying to strike everyone out, he is just trying to make them swing inside the zone.”
Freshman infielder Josh Vidales was able to extend his streak of 22 consecutive games reaching base before failing to reach base in the third game of the series.
Runs were few and far between for both teams as the scores for the game were, in order, 3-1, 2-0 and 1-0. Junior catcher Caleb Barker and freshman outfielder Kyle Survance each had RBIs over the
weekend.The Cougars return home to
Cougar Field 6:30 p.m. Tuesday to take on the Bearkats of Sam Hous-ton State University before again traveling, this time to Charleston,
West Virginia to take on the Thun-dering Herd of Marshall University in another three-game C-USA bout.
BASEBALL
UH pitcher picks up Conference honorHarrison LeeStaff writer
For his efforts in winning his last four straight decisions, including his fi rst career complete game against Memphis, junior righthander Daniel Poncedeleon was named Confer-ence-USA Pitcher of the Week.
After a slow start at 0-2, Ponce — as he’s known by coaches and team-mates — has worked his way to 4-2, which includes a 2-0 record in C-USA games and 4-0 Friday nights.
Pitch efficiency is slowly grow-ing to be one of his hallmarks, as he needed only 107 pitches in his complete game and has struck out 28 while working at least six innings in his last four starts. Through 44.2 innings pitched, his ERA is 2.62.
Poncedeleon is the fourth UH baseball player to win Player of the Week honors. Senior pitcher Austin Pruitt and freshmen infi elders Josh Vidales and Justin Montemayor have previously received the award.
SPORTSEDITOR Christopher Shelton EMAIL [email protected] ONLINE thedailycougar.com/sports
BASEBALL
UH battles rain, Memphis for winning series
Senior pitcher Austin Pruitt earned his sixth win of the season by holding Memphis to no runs on Sunday. | Courtesy of UH Athletics
PARDEE continued from page 1
athlete who might not have the means to pay for their own college tuition,” said Pardee’s youngest son, Ted, in a press release. “He could have offered his name to a lot of dif-ferent charities or scholarship funds, but this was what my dad wanted to do. I hope you will join our family in support of this worthy fund.”
Pardee served as head coach for the Cougars from 1987 to ‘89. He became the first coach in NCAA history to produce an African American Heisman Trophy winner in Andre Ware. In a game versus SMU, Pardees’ Cougars became the fi rst major NCAA team to produce more than 1,000 yards in offense in a 95-21 victory.
Pardee and his family moved to Texas when he was young. He excelled as a member of the six-man football team in Christoval.
Pardee was a stand-out linebacker at Texas A&M from 1954 to ’56 and was drafted as the 14th overall draft pick in the 1957 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams.
His sickness began when he was diagnosed with melanoma, forcing him to sit out a year, but he was able to play for seven more seasons.
Pardee finished his playing career with the Washington Redskins in 1973.
Pardee was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1986.
After his playing career, Pardee coached in college and the NFL.
Pardee coached the Florida
Blazers in the World Football League — a league that started in 1974. He transitioned into the NFL to serve as head coach for the Chicago Bears from 1975 to ’77 and the Washington Redskins from ’78 to ’80, and he was defensive coordinator for the San Diego Chargers in 1981.
Pardee returned to his home state
to coach for the Houston Gamblers in the United States Football League from 1990 to ‘94.
After the USFL was discontinued, he switched his focus toward UH.
Ted said Jack Pardee was a loving father.
“My dad was committed to foot-ball, but he was always close to his
family,” Ted said to the Houston Chronicle.
“He had a lot of love to give. He was a sweet guy who was never afraid to give us a hug and kiss. He fought a tough battle, and we’re going to miss him.”
The University announced that the Pardee family facilitated the creation of the Jack Pardee Memorial Scholarship Fund with the Athletics Department, which will be awarded to a walk-on from the program each season. | 1990 Houstonian
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The Daily Cougar Tuesday, April 2, 2013 // 7
Monica TsoStaff writer
As the weather warms up and shorts become a necessity, tanning is becoming more popular, but college students are forgetting their sunblock and increasing their chances of devel-oping skin cancer.
A pilot study in 2012 from the Department of Public Health at Wil-liam Paterson University exposed that 88 percent of students spend more than three hours outside on summer days, but only 17 percent of those students use sunblock during that time.
The research also showed that 41 percent reported as having had more than 10 sunburns in their life.
Director of UH Wellness Gail Gil-lan encouraged students to protect themselves from the sun.
“Working on a tan might be great now, but it can really work against you later. It ages and damages the skin,” Gillan said. “You need to think about how sensitive your skin might be.”
Seeking substitutes to sun-bathing
or tanning booths, Gillan said she looked to the Food and Drug Admin-istration for advice in using spray tans and bronzers.
“Alternatives for tanning are not approved by the FDA, but you should always check the ingredients for aller-gies and protect all areas of the eyes and lips,” she said.
Gillan said students who plan to spend time in the sun should often reapply sunscreen with an SPF of at least 30, even if it’s water- or sweat-resistant. She also emphasized the importance of staying hydrated and taking breaks from the sun.
Communications junior Kristina Reyna said she formerly used tanning booths but switched to spray tanning and sun tanning after warned about skin cancer and excessive aging.
“I don’t like to admit it, but the media probably does enforce that tanned girls are more beautiful,” said Reyna, who spray tans about once or twice a week.
“I like how I look tan.”She added that spray tanning takes
time, effort and money to maintain.“I have to plan my day around it,
and it’s expensive,” Reyna said. “I pay $50 a month for unlimited services. I use a special body wash to make it last longer too, and I have to wait
eight hours for it to dry.”Pre-pharmacy sophomore Therese
Ecobiza also insisted society creates an idea that having a bronze-tan skin tone is more attractive.
“I mostly tan to get the sun-kissed vibrant glow, and I like the feeling of tanning, especially at the beach,
relaxing and soaking up the sun,” Ecobiza said.
She said she is fully aware of the consequences of tanning, and prefers bronzers and spray tans in modera-tion over tanning salons.
“I’m actually taking a class where we just talked about skin cancer and
the effects of UV radiation,” Ecobiza said. “When I go to the beach, I do bring an umbrella to get out of the sun for a bit, and I’ve been good about wearing sunscreen once it gets warmer, even just walking to class.”
COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE
Guest speaker talks Hong Kong walkwaysMonica TsoStaff writer
The unpredictability of Hong Kong’s sys-tem of walkways demonstrates a robustness of ground space in cities and presents a notion for the future of informal or formal infrastructure, said a noted architect Thursday at the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture.
Jonathan D. Solomon, the associate dean at the School of Architecture at Syracuse Univer-sity, documented his studies of Hong Kong’s infrastructure in his book, “Cities Without Ground.” Solomon discussed how the city has developed without formal blueprints and depicted Hong Kong as a groundless city.
“Hong Kong is more interesting from ground level instead of skyscrapers,” Solomon said. “From knockoffs sold before the real thing to amateur musicians performing before profes-sionals, the elevated walkways serve as cultural interconnections.”
Solomon presented several city guides that revealed the intricate arrangement of footbridges between buildings as “aformal” urbanism instead of formal and informal.
He focused on three buildings to explain his research.
“The Shun Tak and Sheung Wan Centre is an elegant switch between land, sea and air,” Solomon said.
“Switching from cool to hot, crowded to air-conditioned, the Queensway Plaza has a reverse sequence of temperature. It lacks visual hierarchy and has neither ground nor no end boundaries. The Lockhart Road Municipal Services Building achieves continuity between atmosphere and interior.”
In comparison, the Galleria poses as a great investment for aformal urbanism, said Solo-mon before exploring Houston’s architecture and urban designs.
Architecture sophomore Michael Burch was intrigued by the concept of a ground-less city and its impact on the surrounding architecture.
“To be honest, I was quite surprised when I sat in my chair anticipating a commentary purely based on architecture and learned of this pedestrian circulatory development in China,” Burch said.
“The relationship between the Chinese government, citizens and architectural firms of these structures was eye-opening.”
Undeclared junior Frances Silva and accounting senior Anay Silva enjoy a shady day on campus before Houston heat hits again with a mean streak. | Minh Dam/The Daily Cougar
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Minding safety with a sun-kissed golden glowSummer weather isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be
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Muslim Student Association takes the prize
UH’s Muslim Student Association took third place overall at the 2013 MSA Showdown in Austin this weekend. The students
went head-to-head in various competitions, including a knowledge bowl and several sporting events.
— Shaimaa Eissa/The Daily Cougar
Petroleum Industry Expert Series PRESENTED BY
The College of Technology invites students, faculty, alumni and industry partners to attend the:
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY EXPERT LECTURE
INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLE NETWORKING LUNCHEON
TUESDAY, APRIL 16TH
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
HILTON - UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, CONRAD HILTON BALLROOM
The University of Houston is an EEO/AA institution.
NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND CURRENT ISSUES IN THE ENERGY INDUSTRY
Come prepared to participate in a roundtable format to network with leading Industry Experts of diverse academic and professional backgrounds while
increasing your business contacts. The Experts, including many UH alumni, along with the keynote speaker, OTC Board Member Chuck Richards from CA Richards &
Associates, will share their insight into current issues and new emerging technologies in the energy industry in an interactive learning environment.
Dress code is business casual. Lunch will be served.
Please RSVP by Wednesday, April 10th to [email protected] or call 713-743-7786.Vegetarian option available, please confirm option with RSVP.
For more information about the Petroleum Technology Initiative, please visit www.tech.uh.edu.
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